Victoria Lincoln
Born	October 23, 1904  Fall River
Died	June 13, 1981  (aged 76) Baltimore
Occupation	Writer

Victoria Endicott Lincoln Lowe, who wrote under the nameVictoria Lincoln, (October 23, 1904 – June 13, 1981) was an American novelist, biographer, andtrue crime writer. Her best known novel,February Hill (1934), was adapted for stage and screen. She won theEdgar Award for best fact crime book for herA Private Disgrace:Lizzie Borden by Daylight.

Victoria Lincoln was born on October 23, 1904 in Fall River.^[1] Her parents were Johnathan Trayer Lincoln and Louisa Sears (Cobb) Lincoln.^[2] Lincoln attendedRadcliffe College, and then lived in different locations including St. Louis and Europe.^[2]

Lincoln married her first husband Isaac Watkins in 1927.^{[citation needed]} They were divorced in 1933,^{[citation needed]} after which she married the philosopher Victor Lowe.^[3]

Lincoln is known for her writing which included books, biographies, and short stories. In a 1951 interview with theNew York Times Lincoln described finishing her first book at age four.^[3] At age 14 she wrote a novel that would get published in a shorter form inHarper's Magazine in 1950.^[3] In addition to publishing books, Lincoln also wrote in notebooks that she stored away in an alligator-skinned trunk.^[4]

In 1934 Lincoln publishedFebruary Hill,^[5] a book that was first adapted for the stage and then made into the moviePrimrose Path.^[6]

Lincoln grew up inFall River, Massachusetts and in 1967 she wroteA Private Disgrace,^[7] a book about Lizzie Borden, who also grew up in Fall River. In the book Lincoln's position was that Borden was guilty of murdering her parents during an epileptic seizure.^[8] In 1968 Lincoln received an Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime from the Mystery Writers of America for her bookA Private Disgrace.^[1][9]

Lincoln's final book was a biography of the Roman Catholic saintTeresa of Avila which took her twelve years to complete.^[10]

Victoria Lincoln died on 13 June 1981 in Baltimore.^[6]

• Lincoln, Victoria (1947).February Hill. New York: Bantam Books.OCLC 912175757.
• Lincoln, Victoria (1944).Grandmother and the comet, an insubstantial pageant. New York; Toronto: Farrar & Rinehart.OCLC 4010561.^[11]
• Lincoln, Victoria (1947-01-01).The Wind at My Back: Three Short Novels (First ed.). Faber & Faber.^[12]
• Lincoln, Victoria (1951-01-01).Out from Eden. Rinehart & Company, Inc.^[13]
• Lincoln, Victoria (1954-01-01).The Wild Honey: Stories. Faber.^[14]
• Lincoln, Victoria (1986).A private disgrace : Lizzie Borden by daylight. Internet Archive. New York City : International Polygonics.ISBN 978-0-930330-35-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
• Lincoln, Victoria (1984).Teresa, a woman: a biography of Teresa of Avila. Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press.OCLC 1036957054.

• Victoria Lincoln papers at Johns Hopkins University

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